Clark wrote:
>... One respected authority considered Hagemann and Bourgeault (happy
>Simon?) to be the greatest artists to create chassis.
I take that to mean they both built great looking cars, but some of them
weren't very fast. ;=)
>You have all convinced me that I would be happy with the power to weight
>ratio. The thought of the possibility of 100 hp/ litre makes me want to
>go out to the garage and kick my Speedster.
Ahh, but it isn't the 100 hp/liter that's important, it's only carrying
10 or 12 lbs/hp! That's bordering on motorcycle territory.
>...I spent some time in the pits at the Monterey Pre-Historics after two
>Berkeley owners had duked it out and I've never heard two racers more
>enthusiastic. Their point was that the real race is between two cars,
>not the whole run group.
Absolutely right. I have just as much fun dicing for last place with a
BMC, or a Stanguelini as the guys in the front running Brabham and Lotus
cars. They just get more laps done in the same amount of time. ;=)
>After deliberating, I have chosen to let the car go to someone else. I
>wasn't in love.
That's really important. I could have spent twice as much to be in one
of 10 Loti on the grid, or I could have gone twice as fast in a cheaper
Formula Ford, but that's just not what appealed to me. I passed on
getting a Bobsy Formula Ford basket case. In spite of its quirks, I'm
tickled pink to own my car.
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